On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:44:28 -0400, Christine Dabney wrote
(in article >):


> He should go to Monterey Market. I just love that place. Even more
> than Berkeley Bowl. It's smaller, more cramped, but it has wonderful
> produce for the most part. And fantastic deals.

Ooooh.....Tokyo fish! I miss Monterey Market AND Tokyo fish. I wanna come
home now.

On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:12:22 -0400, Janis > wrote:

>On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:44:28 -0400, Christine Dabney wrote
>(in article >):
>
>
>> He should go to Monterey Market. I just love that place. Even more
>> than Berkeley Bowl. It's smaller, more cramped, but it has wonderful
>> produce for the most part. And fantastic deals.
>
>Ooooh.....Tokyo fish! I miss Monterey Market AND Tokyo fish. I wanna come
>home now.

So do I. Mind you, NM is nice..but there is nothing like the SFBA.

Next year....

Christine

In article >,
"Dimitri" > wrote:

> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Are there any food places you particularly miss? Either because you moved
> > or they closed? Like the 2nd Ave. Deli nearly disappeared.
> >
> > For me it's Buntyns in Memphis. The original Buntyns was on Southern
> > Avenue. It was a real old-style diner, what with the round red vinyl and
> > chrome twirly "barstools" at the counter and pies and cakes in the glass
> > front cabinet. Homemade rolls that melted in your mouth and screamed
> > BUTTER! The best fried chicken and they did those battered quarter-fries,
> > I think. And the vegetables weren't out of a can, but this wasn't the
> > place to go if you expected steamed broccoli. Squash casserole, perhaps.
> > There was always a line out the door at lunch time. No parking to speak
> > of. And a hardware/feed store next door with dusty windows.
> >
> > They got too big for their britches, though. Decided to take the show to
> > East Memphis for more office-worker traffic. Oh, for a while everyone was
> > all atwitter - oooh, Buntyns moved! It's in that shopping center! Lasted
> > maybe 4 years. If that. They did some catering gigs for a bit. But in
> > the end there was not enough business to support a business that, had they
> > stayed put, had been around 40 years. Probably would have stuck around
> > another 40. Alas, they got greedy. And then they got gone.
> >
> > Jill
>
>
> You rat!
>
> Out of sight out of mind and yet here you go starting me once again:
>
> NYC Patsy's, The Carnegie Deli, & Nathan's (and a few hundred others)

A friend and I ate lunch at the Original Nathan's yesterday. Awesome!

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:39:09 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:
>
>> Are there any food places you particularly miss? Either because you
>> moved or they closed? Like the 2nd Ave. Deli nearly disappeared.
>>
>> For me it's Buntyns in Memphis.
> <snip>
>
> Jill - Do you know if "Kubla Khan's" is still in business? IIRC, it
> was on/near Poplar in East Memphis, in a strip mall. They had *killer*
> food - one of my two favorite Memphis restaurants (the other, of
> course, being Corky's). There was also a place called "Just for
> Lunch" that was started by some bored Germantown housewives that made
> okay lunches when I wanted to splurge/linger at lunch. My boss' wife
> was one of the owners, not that I ever got a $$ break because of
> *that*!
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

Terry, I just looked it up and on someone's blog it was mentioned that Kubla
Khan's has closed and they were really sorry to see it go. It doesn't
mention when it closed, though.

kili

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:57:31 -0400, "kilikini"
> > fired up random neurons and synapses to
> opine:
>
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>> Are there any food places you particularly miss? Either because you
>>> moved or they closed? Like the 2nd Ave. Deli nearly disappeared.
>>>
>>
>> (cute story snipped)
>>
>> There was a little Irish Pub in Seal Beach, CA that I used to
>> practically live in. Hennessey's Tavern.
>
> <snip>
>
> There's a Hennessey's Tavern in Dana Point CA on PCH. Wonder if it's
> the same outfit.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

It is. There's one in Laguna, one in Manhattan, one in Mission Beach in San
Diego - there are about 15 locations, now.

kili

> bored Germantown housewives

Why I'd practically bend over backwards...

Andy

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:25:11 -0500, Andy <q> fired up random neurons
and synapses to opine:

>> bored Germantown housewives
>
>Why I'd practically bend over backwards...

<squinting at Andy> Go. To. Your. Room.

<g>

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:47:23 -0400, "kilikini"
> fired up random neurons and synapses to
opine:

>Terry, I just looked it up and on someone's blog it was mentioned that Kubla
>Khan's has closed and they were really sorry to see it go. It doesn't
>mention when it closed, though.

Well, that's too bad. They had the absolute *best* Peking duck I've
ever had.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

On Mon 15 Sep 2008 06:25:11a, Andy told us...

>> bored Germantown housewives
>
> Why I'd practically bend over backwards...
>
> Andy
>

Ya know, you're really not funny anymore. Your quips are old and tiresome.
Unfortunately I have to see many of them quoted.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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Wayne Boatwright said...

> On Mon 15 Sep 2008 06:25:11a, Andy told us...
>
>>> bored Germantown housewives
>>
>> Why I'd practically bend over backwards...
>>
>> Andy
>>
>
> Ya know, you're really not funny anymore. Your quips are old and
> tiresome. Unfortunately I have to see many of them quoted.


So... [plonk] me. It's a free world.

[plonk]

Andy

l

How could I forget to mention the old Pal's in Deerfield Beach, FL.
Great atmosphere on the Intracoastal Waterway, one could dock a boat
alongside, efficient and civil waitstaff, valet service, excellent
menu and food. For many years, their signature item was popovers,
delivered fresh and hot to every table as a 'free' appetizer. It
became a Charlie's Crab, then closed.

In article
>,
val189 > wrote:

> l
>
> How could I forget to mention the old Pal's in Deerfield Beach, FL.
> Great atmosphere on the Intracoastal Waterway, one could dock a boat
> alongside, efficient and civil waitstaff, valet service, excellent
> menu and food. For many years, their signature item was popovers,
> delivered fresh and hot to every table as a 'free' appetizer. It
> became a Charlie's Crab, then closed.

I'll arrange this in semi-chronological order. Some of these places may
still be in existence.

Café Cancun in Dallas. This place went under in the late 80's. They
overextended themselves. It was one of the first places where I ate
Mexican food that was more refined than Tex-Mex.

The original Johnny's Big Red Grill in Ithaca. Great Italian food.
It's now a Thai restaurant, but the Johnny's sign was declared a
landmark and is still there. The original owners also created the world
famous Hot Truck, home of the Poor Man's Pizza (PMP). This was the
model for Stouffer's French Bread Pizza.

Gloria's in Dallas. This used to be our default dining spot on nights
when I didn't feel like cooking. I have yet to find a Salvadoran
restaurant that's as good as they were.

La Calle Doce in Dallas. Great Mexican seafood. Our backup default
dining spot.

Pizza Patron in Dallas. This place caused a ruckus amongst the
conservative bloviators a few years ago because it accepted pesos as
well as dollars. It wasn't transcendent pizza, but it was cheap and in
our old neighborhood.

Saigon Cuisine in Greensboro, NC. Best and most refined Vietnamese food
served in a former hot dog stand. Not to mention the comic relief
offered by Duckie, the brother who ran the front of the house.

Jack's Corner in Greensboro. Good, inexpensive Middle Eastern food.
Some yahoos of the Jesse Helms persuasion wanted to boycott the place
after 9/11. SO and I made a point of eating there, and encouraged our
friends to follow suit. Jack's lived to serve felafel long past that
day.

Wicked Burrito and Besa Mi Burro in Chapel Hill, NC. These places
served fantastic and inexpensive Mexican food. Both went under when we
still lived in Greensboro.

Larry's Market in Seattle. They overextended themselves and went
bankrupt. The store on Aurora Avenue is now a Vietnamese megastore.

The Rascal House in North Miami Beach. We're talking quintessential
South Florida Jewish cuisine. When we'd visit SO's mom, we would
usually eat there at least once per trip. It was razed to make room for
condos, which probably will never get built since the real estate market
is DOA down there. The mom is now in a nursing home here, so we may
never go back down to Miami.

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

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On Sep 13, 10:39*pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> Are there any food places you particularly miss? *Either because you moved
> or they closed? *Like the 2nd Ave. Deli nearly
> Jill

The A & W drive-in rootbeer stands.

N.

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:30:07 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> wrote:

>On Sep 13, 10:39*pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>> Are there any food places you particularly miss? *Either because you moved
>> or they closed? *Like the 2nd Ave. Deli nearly
>> Jill
>
>The A & W drive-in rootbeer stands.
>
>N.

I miss White Castle and Ted Drews. I am lucky though since I can at
least go to St. Louis and get my fill a few times each year.

Ozark Baby wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:30:07 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> > wrote:
>
>>On Sep 13, 10:39*pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>>> Are there any food places you particularly miss? *Either because you moved
>>> or they closed? *Like the 2nd Ave. Deli nearly
>>> Jill
>>
>>The A & W drive-in rootbeer stands.
>>
>>N.
>
> I miss White Castle and Ted Drews. I am lucky though since I can at
> least go to St. Louis and get my fill a few times each year.

My favorite Chinese restaurant and my favorite BBQ joint both closed in
the last couple of months -- I just found out about the BBQ place, today,
when I and a friend went there to find it vacant. Also in the same time
frame I lost a great nearby shrimp restaurant (that's all they had --
three different shrimp dishes and a salad).


--
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:30:07 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> fired up random neurons and synapses to
opine:

>On Sep 13, 10:39*pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>> Are there any food places you particularly miss? *Either because you moved
>> or they closed? *Like the 2nd Ave. Deli nearly
>> Jill
>
>The A & W drive-in rootbeer stands.

The Horseshoe Cafe in Benson AZ. Growing up, I spent many of my
summers at my grandmother's cattle ranch between Douglas AZ and Rodeo
NM. At some point, we'd travel to Tucson for shopping and always
stopped at the Horseshoe Cafe for breakfast on the way to town. The DH
and I stopped there on our recent road trip from SoCal to Austin TX
and the place is closed. It was run by the same family forEVER, had a
wonderfully unhealthy menu (the best chicken fried stead I ever had)
and the woman at the Stop'n'Rob next door said that their refusal to
change the menu led to their demise. Damn. Another icon of my
childhood bites the dust.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

Anyone remember Bel Isles in Anaheim/Garden Grove, it was on the
corner of Chapman and Harbor by Disneyland. Bright pink building.
They served huge portions, giant Coke glasses with 2 foot straws and
they had pies with the mile high meringues. If you ordered a slice of
pineapple upsidedown cake you ended up with a piece that was at least
6" by 6". Their individual chicken platter was big enough to serve a
family of 4 easily. I hear it was torn down several years ago.

On Sep 13, 11:39 pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> Are there any food places you particularly miss? Either because you moved
> or they closed? Like the 2nd Ave. Deli nearly disappeared.
>
> For me it's Buntyns in Memphis. The original Buntyns was on Southern
> Avenue. It was a real old-style diner, what with the round red vinyl and
> chrome twirly "barstools" at the counter and pies and cakes in the glass
> front cabinet. Homemade rolls that melted in your mouth and screamed
> BUTTER! The best fried chicken and they did those battered quarter-fries, I
> think. And the vegetables weren't out of a can, but this wasn't the place
> to go if you expected steamed broccoli. Squash casserole, perhaps. There
> was always a line out the door at lunch time. No parking to speak of. And
> a hardware/feed store next door with dusty windows.
>
> They got too big for their britches, though. Decided to take the show to
> East Memphis for more office-worker traffic. Oh, for a while everyone was
> all atwitter - oooh, Buntyns moved! It's in that shopping center! Lasted
> maybe 4 years. If that. They did some catering gigs for a bit. But in the
> end there was not enough business to support a business that, had they
> stayed put, had been around 40 years. Probably would have stuck around
> another 40. Alas, they got greedy. And then they got gone.
>
> Jill

I'm sure no one has ever heard of this place, but I miss it. It was
called The Merry Ray in my little hometown, Keyser, WV. I'd go there
with my parents and sisters every Sunday morning and get a huge
cinnamon roll! It was covered with awesome buttery/creamy icing. The
place closed in late 80s and became something else, and then the
building burned to the ground a few years later.

Mike

" > wrote:
> Anyone remember Bel Isles in Anaheim/Garden Grove, it was on the
> corner of Chapman and Harbor by Disneyland. �Bright pink building..

It was "Belisle's"... one word... they specialized in feeding the John
Deere tractor butt sized appetite but the quality of their food was
awful.